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Australian Rover Challenge success
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Held 27-28 March, the first ever Australian Rover Challenge gave university students' from across the country the opportunity to put their engineering skills to the test.
Can we create nutritious and sustainable yoghurt from legumes?
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Honours project: Faba bean is a nutrient dense and drought tolerant legume crop with a great potential as a sustainable protein source.
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Sensory drivers of food intake
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Honours project: Does a personalised approach based on sensory drivers of food intake improve diet quality?
Ancient DNA from extinct fauna
![Adzebill skeleton on display in the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-nz-bird-adzebill.jpg?h=34e43602&itok=Rv7TgwaT)
Honours project: Analyse genomic data from animal remains that are hundreds to tens-of-thousands of years old.
How do native plants affect the supply of phosphorus to soils?
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Honours project: Assess the role of native plants in the supply of phosphorus to soils.
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How will the trees of urban Adelaide respond to climate change?
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Honours project: Assist with the strategic future of the Waite Arboretum, a valuable resource for local, national, and international urban planning.
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Can the novel IVOS biosensor diagnose mastitis in dairy cows?
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Honours project: Validate a novel biosensor as a potential diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.
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Global change ecology and conservation
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Honours project: Various projects are available global change ecology; climate change, macroecology, planetary health and conservation biogeography.
Genomic consequences of major ecological transitions in evolution
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Honours project: Undertake a comparative analysis of whole genome sequences for terrestrial and marine snakes.
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Battleground of the grapevine: Shiraz Disease under the microscope
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Honours project: Help us understand disease progression and cultivar-specific grapevine defence responses to Shiraz Disease.
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